2.5 years ago we launched FME Cloud as a private beta. Since then we have come a long way – we’re out of beta – and we have seen a wide range of customer scenarios, e.g. supporting cloud-based open data solutions, powering an open data store and processing 3D data. As more production environments are […]

We are excited to announce the FME Server for Docker Technology Preview. Download: FME Server for Docker Technical Preview How-to guide: Installation instructions What is FME Server for Docker? Docker is container technology that makes it easier to create and now deploy our FME Server product. FME Server for Docker is shipped as a collection […]

Yes, FME can translate a lot of data formats, and yes, it can perform a lot of transformations on your data… but after all those hundreds of readers, writers, and transformers, what if it still doesn’t support the functionality you need? There are a few ways users can extend FME with more readers, writers, and […]

The Tester and TestFilter are consistently at the top of the list of most-used transformers, so any time we add new functionality to the test interface, it benefits a lot of users. Although the updates for 2016 aren’t quite as mainstream, they will still be useful to many.

In short, the updates are new operators: Attribute Has a Value, Type Is, and Encodable In. This article looks at them all.

I’ll never forget my first few months at Safe Software. For multiple reasons, I knew I’d found the perfect job — not least of which was the interesting group of coworkers. The FME 2009 release happened shortly after I started, and the staff gathered in the lounge we call “Down Under” to celebrate everything the […]

Rather than running the instance constantly, the new scheduling tools on FME Cloud allow you to schedule instances to run for a defined period of time. Yes we want to help you save money! Just to recap, FME Cloud is the hosted version of FME Server and it allows you to access the power of FME […]

If, 66 million years ago, you were a dinosaur going about your usual dinosaur business, you would have been startled when your day was interrupted by a giant meteor impact! In the same way, the release of FME 2016 and the FeatureWriter transformer promises to shake most FME users to their very core!

So let’s check it out and see what it does!

Hay-on-Wye is a book lover’s paradise. Located in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales, it’s also the location of a new FME-driven Minecraft project – and I must say it’s a beauty. Shaun Lewis, GIS Analyst at the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority has been constructing and refining the world, with a similar purpose […]

Are you wondering how to make a perfect FME gift for Christmas? Look no further! What can be better than a 3D snow globe with something beautiful inside? And you are the one who decides what is beautiful enough to go inside your snow globe. To me, it was hard to fight my vanity, so […]

It is the end of the year, and our talented Safers are wrapping up a new release of FME Server. We’ve put a lot into this one and I want to reveal what we’ve done to implement your feedback from the last FME Server Customer Survey. With last year’s survey, we received feedback from 11% […]